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>> w are reporti fm washgton deadly escalaonn libya. natoteps up and bombar tripoli. thahas n spped colonel gaddafi's forces fr goi after rebels. oopi up spe. in e bale for global dominance, microsoft pai billions to purase the internet giant. nd wt does it take to ha the rights toost e world cup? one man says cheing is a big partf the game. lcometo ou viewers o pbs in america and around the globe. tang t fight to conel gaafi. that is exactly what nato forces

are doingfteraunchinghree urs air assaults onhe libyan cital this comes justs theattle ems be gnding to a stalemate. at the same time,he hunitaan crisis continueso gr, an manyefugs have paid withheirives. >> after e bombing, the protests these were supportersf conel gaafiutsi a plastic suery hospital inripo today. libyan officialsay the hospital was justne cvili target hit during a nato' latest bombament ty s the attack also damaged bldings concerned with the lfare of children. it w cerinlyhe heaviest atta by nato acraft in sevel weeks. nato insists it is targeting on military facilities. >> the tgetse are hting

ourommand and control bunrs. againjusto make clr, nato isot rgetg individuals. it is not in our mandate. r mandate is to proct the cilian populationrom tax orres -- from attas or reat of attacks from the gaafi forces. he un cmissnfor refugees suggest that hundreds may have drowned in recent week one boat wit600 people on board may have sunk. >> people re fced,oerd in getting on the boat. th includes people who survived the inial shipwre. we'rextrely concerned aut the outflow of oplerom bya.

>> meanwhile, rel fights in the besieged ty of misrata seem to have broken through after wes ofeadlock. troopse of gdafi's therwere attacked by nato, advances he ha been qukly reversed no sn ofhe decisive miliry victyrom either side. >> isyria tay, the cradown continue agast ai- gornment protesters. one man ghts group now repoing that mo an 761 vilians have been killed sce rch. heavy fire has been rorte in a suburb ofamascus. the vernnt has nw gained the upper hand foreig journalists are not allowed into syria, but we have enoniting the sittion fr neighringebanon. >> a cple of hundred young people are in the shoing

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>> president obama has invited the king ofordan to the white house to discuss the ongoing unrest. joing me now is a former deputy prime mistewho currently serves as the vice president of studies forhe carnie endowme for internatnal peace. thank you for mingn. this loolike the endof the storyfor the rebels. when you loo a what is haening in sia, brain, yemen, does it suggestto y that the arab sprg has srung asar as i going to go, that tunisia was it, and that elseere uprisings will b crusd by the regime's? >> there are difrent responses depending on differe conditions. there is nouestn in mind that this is a process tt h started an that haonly stard. we must measure what is goi on

in ter of decades raer than months andears we ve probablyeen mogeous societies like egypt and tunisia undergo retive peacef process. in a countryike syria wher a minorityegime rules over the re of eopulion, we wil t see aeacel traitio >> what is t unid states need to do to foster the process demratic change i the ddleast? wh morould be doing? >> thunit states ha pursd a policy ofriorizing abily over reform and end up with neher. the isow a struggle within the adnisttion as to what newolicto come up with. ki abdalh is the first arab

leader that pridenobamas going to see. i surehe willalk about th. how can e uned stas an the international community support aerio reform process thateads power sharing, sts in prliant, ana dition of the eecutive powe in the arab wld. >>oes the kling of osama bi ladichan the damicdo you think, when it comeso extrism? does it encourage i discourage , how ds it weigin? >> i think it discourages extremism. i think extmism of e al qaa ty is onthe ne. i thk what arabs ve shown in recent mohs is at tre is otheay to affect change, not through violee. the white houseightay

thatamas welcome to the fact that b lad was there and that the uted states suld nohave kille him. i think there ino possibilitof a peacefu agreementetween the israelis and the palestinians thadoes not include hamas. if you look at e hamas potionis-a-vis theiolence that has evold immeely the past years. >>o itould be anmeran intestso recognize the >> i think i would ease a settlement now ratr an later. >> tha you for coming in. for more covege o events thugho the arab wld, go to our website. the you'll find theatest ws awell asomplete anasis from our corsponnts onhe gund. its al at bbc.com. pakistan may soon allow amican investigators t seak to osama n ladin's widows, who a now

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roughly 170 milon people log onto skype every month. wi this actuly translateo catching the competion? weave the details. >> is a giant business whose soware powers morehan 90%f the world's busisses th other hasevolutionized the way the world communicas. now skype is being sallowed up. it is justightears sce skyp startedhelpg people makealls over the internet r nothing. this is the third time it has be bought d so. microft has bee struggling t compe with google and apple it wants skype to hp it become a bger force in communicaon. the parers inhis al s they he amtious plans. >> it ia rare asset.

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let us have time to digt that an to srt investigations by asking for evidence wha has been said. notay's relations will give england a second chance to win 201 buthey could pvide aurning point in the way world foball is run. >> it does not lk prey in the world ofootbl tonight. traveling abroad as trists is a luxury many of u take for granted. r cubans, t last lf century hasffered lite chan to lve the island nation that may behanging now dueo a series of ecomic forms. from havan rept onhat the changes could me. >> communist cuba has become a major tourist dtination,but itown tizens are notllow off th iand without

permison. nown a surprise move, t gornme says they too may b able to take tirholiys abro. >> i think it is a good idea. if they let us discover other realities, we can cpare them to whawe have here. othe also likth idea, but this man is ncerd that with wages solo, few here cou afford to travel -- wages so low, few her could affo to tral. th changes are pt of wider sees of refms approved last month at e communist rty conferen. phing throu the fit mor overhaul of the soviettyleystem. w thresus have been publisd angone on sale in newsstan. as well as forei travel, peopleill soon have the rig to buy and sel the homes and carsor t first time sin

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labor. thesare uertain times f cubans facing job losses anan end to subdies like t ration card being able to buy cars, homes and avel abrd are sweeteners, t witut raising productivy, none is ing to ve t mon to enjoy them. >> saking oftravel, prince williaand his new bride kate hav left britain on a dayed honeymn. a spokesman for the roy family sayshe couple are aoad but reclined -- but declineto reveal the destination. eculation has incded afra, jordanthe carbean and aurali we pe they have a gat holiday. that does itor us nigh from all of us here, thk yo for watching we wilsee u tomorrow. >> hello a welme.

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